dearMoon

I was born at the dawn of the Space Age. As a young girl I experienced the space race, eagerly watching the early rocket launches. My first heroes were the early astronauts. I marveled at their deeds and mourned when they lost their lives in pursuit of space exploration. Nothing thrilled me more than the thought of being able to launch from planet Earth and travel through the stars. As a child, I believed that I would live and work on Mars. I studied the sky and learned to make telescope mirrors. I created my website, Astra’s Stargate, to share my knowledge of astronomy and space exploration with others.

There's a feature on the Moon that can only be seen at an oblique angle when the western limb is tilted slightly toward Earth. Its name is Mare Orientale and though it is located on the western limb, we call it the Eastern Sea because it was discovered by space probes. I'd love to fly in a giant Starship above the Orientale basin! This is a wonder I would love to share with others, to see clearly that which is so huge and yet hidden on Luna’s earthward face. Please take me with you when you fly away to see our neighbor Luna, close and clear!

- - Dawn Jenkins, aka Astra